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September 12, 2024 at 10:50 AM. A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California early Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The strong quake was recorded about 4.35 ...
David K. Li. September 12, 2024 at 10:43 AM. Aerial view of Malibu, Calif., yesterday. A 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the Southern California coast on Thursday morning, with residents of the ...
Anders Hagstrom. September 12, 2024 at 10:44 AM. A major earthquake shook the Los Angeles area in the middle of the morning rush hour on Thursday. The United States Geological Survey has given a ...
The July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes consist of three main shocks of magnitudes 6.4, 5.4, and 7.1, each followed by a flurry of aftershocks of substantially lower magnitude. The aftershocks of the Ridgecrest earthquakes reveal two fault zones. The July 4 M 6.4 event (orange dot) occurred on the SW-NE fault where it intersects the NW-SE oriented ...
Since the three damaging earthquakes that occurred in the American Midwest and the United States East Coast (1755 Cape Ann, 1811–12 New Madrid, 1886 Charleston) were well known, it became apparent to settlers that the earthquake hazard was different in California. While the 1812 San Juan Capistrano, 1857 Fort Tejon, and 1872 Owens Valley ...
The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state of California. [1] It forms part of the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake just north of Malibu rattled Southern California on Thursday. The temblor struck at 7:28 a.m. and was felt across the region. Significant damage is not expected from an ...
Dr Lucy Jones in 1994. Lucile M. Jones (born 1955) is an American seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. [1] One of the foremost and trusted public authorities on earthquakes, [2] Jones is viewed by many in Southern California as "the Beyoncé of earthquakes" who is frequently called upon to provide information on recent earthquakes.